Small airway dysfunction in patients with cough variant asthma: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Cough variant asthma (CVA) is one of the special populations of asthma. The aim of the study was to compare small airways, the degree of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and airway inflammatory subtypes between CVA and classic asthma (CA), and investigate the relationship betw...

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Main Authors: Jie Gao, Haigui Wu, Feng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01419-4